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Video: the Inside Story of the plight of bluefin tuna
Posted by jossc on 2 October 2009.
Yesterday’s 'Inside Story' on Al Jazeera TV was all about the collapse of bluefin tuna stock in the Mediterannean. The 25 minute programme provided a facinating insight into the politics and greed of the serious overfishing which has left bluefin on the verge of extinction.
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Moonlight vigils in the Med
Posted by Liz Cronin on 2 July 2009.
More from Liz onboard the Rainbow Warrior as the crew monitor the overfishing of bluefin tuna in the seas around Malta.
Life has calmed down a bit since Emma was attacked just over a week ago. I can't believe it's been more than a week already, time has flown by. We were attempting to board a tuna vessel in Malta to carry out an inspection when Emma was beaten in the face and neck by Massimo Cappitta, director of Mare Blu Tuna Farm.
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"Take care of our tuna, because they are going to exterminate them"
Posted by Liz Cronin on 19 June 2009.
More from Liz onboard the Rainbow Warrior as the crew monitor the overfishing of bluefin tuna in the seas around Malta.
An old Maltese fisherman leans over the rails in his string vest, gesticulating passionately as his son translates for us. As we speed back to the Rainbow Warrior we hear his son shout after us, "Take care of our tuna, because they are going to exterminate them!"
Standing up to the big guys...
Posted by liz on rainbow ... on 16 June 2009.
Our new blogger Liz is a volunteer deck-hand onboard the Rainbow Warrior. Over the next few weeks she'll be our eyes and ears aboard as the crew document and expose the flagrant overfishing of bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean. Their first port of call is Malta, a focal point of the exploitative tuna ranching industry. Read more »
The Heat Is On
Publication Date:
16 Apr 2007Body:
A report looking into the role of marine reserves in boosting ecosystem resilience to climate change.
The IPCC (Integovernmental Panel on Climate Change) is warning that we have eroded the ocean's ability to cope with and mitigate the consequences of global warming. They recommend that we reduce our exploitation levels of marine fish and other maritime activities in order to improve the resilience of our seas and oceans and ultimately safeguard their role in stabilising the climate.
Simply aiming at the sustainable use of sea-life is no longer a sufficient management strategy; marine protection has become an insurance policy for anunpredictable future, which will be hotter, stormier and more hostile.
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